you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." a community on maryland's eastern shores in mourning after the bodies of three boys were found in a creek. one mother speaks out. >> how can a hair being a it isry be dangerous. a family is on a mission to educate about something that could be so harmless but could have serious consequences. >> this man loses his balance during a high wire act caught on camera and you will see it coming up on this monday, july 9th. good morning maryland. >> thanks for joining us. lauren cook is back. she has a check on traffic and

we are glad to have you back and mike is in for lynette with a check on the weather. a hot roasting weekend. >> it's 103 on saturday. i am sorry 104. >> one degree makes all the difference. 104. it was hot. >> at least it was not 775 degrees. right? at least it wasn't that hot. >> it comes back. i thought it was gone. >> sorry. >> everything going. >> you thought it was out in the garden pushing up daisies and it comes back. >> let's go to the weather. here's what's going on this morning. maryland's most powerful radar showing maybe a little lightning out near mount airy along 70. if you make the drive west you are going to be be encountering that. be aware of that. heavy rain across there. but switching over to the other source and baltimore city right out towards white marsh seeing good downpours of rain. rainfall rates from a half to 3/4 of an inch and we will go up towards the north running along 95 past the maryland house seeing good downpours of

rain this morning. just be aware, we have pounding of water. 73 in town. easton at 75. you noticed everything running from west to east this morning and that will be pushing off towards our south. through the course of this morning. it's going to be muggy at 77 around the 8:00 hour a mild day today. not hot. 87 degrees around the 4:00 hour and dropping back down to 80 around 8. we will talk about the forecast in less than 10. lauren cook has a check on what do you do traffic? >> traffic. >> hi. >> your weather and i am traffic except for last week we are dealing with problems in howard county a traffic light is going to be out at the intersection of route 108 right at columbia road. and big problems on 95. we are dealing with an accident up in harford county alodge the southbound lanes at the -- along the southbound lanes. another accident southbound at o'donnell street you want to keep in mind. expect some delays on the harrisburg expressway and packed from york road down to 695. and once you get on to the beltway, here's what it looks

like on the northwest corner at old court road. traffic really picking up in this vicinity. outer loop starting to jam up. but the accident on the outer loop at the 83s has been moved to the shoulder and no langer causing -- longer causing a mess. route 295 not too much congestion at all. it will be a nice easy ride traveling towards the key bridge. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic and now back over to you. >> all right. thanks lauren. three boys found dead in a creek in maryland's eastern shore. >> authorities say they found the bodies sunday after the families searched throughout the night for them in federalsburg. sherrieionson has more on the heart breaking story. >> reporter: it's heart -- sherrie johnson has more on the heart breaking story. >> reporter: they were found dead in creek on sunday. folks gathered on the shore and watched as emergency crews recovered the bodies from a nearby creek. an 8-year-old boy and two 12- year-old boys were last seen around 5 p.m. on saturday playing basketball

at a nearby church. one mother realized her son was missing when she came home from work at 11 p.m. on saturday. that's when she called police. authorities say the boys appeared to have accidentally drowned. one mother says she doesn't know why her stepson would go into the creek since he was terrified of water. >> i can't believe that because he's afraid of water. it's a tragedy. and they need to do something. they need to do something so this doesn't happen again so no other child has to drown or fall in a quicksand. it doesn't make any sense at all. >> reporter: the offices of the chief medical examiner of baltimore will conduct autopsies many but authorities say they don't believe foul play was factor. sherrie johnson, aby2 news. today we -- abc2 news. today we may learn the identity of the man shot to death on darlington drive sunday morning. police received a call of gunshots and found a man lying in the streetsch he was pronounced dead -- streets.

he was pronounced dead at the scene. we could learn more about arrangements for the death of ernest borgnine. he died at cedars-sinai medical center. he won the only arcas for playing love sick bucher in the movie marty he was best known for his recurring role on mchale's navy and was the voice of mermaid man on spunk sb bob square pants dead at the age of 95. a hair baret is blamed for a 7-year-old girl's brain injury and they are using this freak accident to help others and keep little girls safe. back in april of 2010, she was kicking a soccer ball when she fell backwards and hit her head. the ponytail holder she was wearing damaged her skull. >> the doctor said it was as if she had a rock and a knife in her head when she fell and the

rock was the pop stick and corner and edges acted as a knife. >> injuries from hair accessories are common for girls who are very active. mya and her sift remember selling safe hair-- her sister are selling safe hair accessories to make sure this doesn't happen. moms and dad, have you gotten up during the night to check on the little ones? you do it all the time. >> every hour one father got the shock of his life and we will tell you what he found in his son's crib. >> a trail of evidence but not what you think. what items police are saying led them to a burglary suspect when "good morning maryland" continues. [ female announcer ] over the last ten years,

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a glass door and tried to on the register and couldn't do it and wacked away with 9 bags of potatoe chips. officers say they followed the trail of chips to hill and he had what bloody hand and foot when they took him into custody. frightening ordeal for a father. >> he made shocking discovery. one-year-old william was attacked by a 2 foot python. debon says around 11 monday night, he heard his son stirring and went in the bedroom to check on him. >>i felt it was slimy and i knew it was not normal. i immediately turned the light on and saw the snake and a python wrapped around his foot constricting it and trying to eat his foot. >> devon spuld the snake off with a blanket and william was taken to the hospital treated for minor injuries. the snake wail from the ajays ebbet-- snake came from the adjacent apartment and they have since moved. abc2 news to go is ahead. >> here's stories for you this

morning. it's really happening. two of the three fire companies slated to close right linda? >> reporter: yeah, we will tell you why one of them will stay open at least for now. >> and the soaring temperatures have taken a deadly toll. heat related deaths coming up. >> good morning. heavy rain across there. we are tracking them on maryland's most powerful. >> reporter: traffic is starting to pick up on 695 at harford road. i will show you where there's congestion coming up on "good morning maryland." [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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look at this. this stormy weather rolled through while you were sleeping. abc2 news toffer -- photographer captured this video of lightning early this morning. now there are 5200 people without power this morning because of that storm. the bulk of the outage in the towson area. >> in baltimore county catonsville middle and westchester elementary are closed today as a result of those power outages. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. let's start off with mike masco. >> let's thank fall for the

riskiest light. here's what's going on. marled's most powerful doppler radar showing the heavy bands and around baltimore city and this is going along 95 bel air seeing a good downpour. look at this cell just towards the west of the city limits. middle river essex and this cell is moving into ellicott city. dealing with a good downpour of rain between an inch and inch and a half that could reduce visibility but cause isolated flash flooding. easton is at 75. you notice everything is streaming from west to east. right along the cold front. that will shift towards the south. some breaks in the cloudcoverage otherwise showers and thunderstorms. lauren cook so, a lot of problems out there. >> reporter: yes, interstate 70 slammed with rain and a new accident to tell you about the

eastbound lanes. we are dealing with a disabled car along the southbound lanes of route 43. and even accident moved to the shoulder along the southbound lanes of 95 at o'donnell street. traveling in downtown baltimore no delays through the tunnels but a crash on fulton avenue at west pratt street. traveling the beltway traffic is pick up. this is at the west side at old court road. the outer loop is starting to slow down. that will continue all the way down towards interstate 70 and as we check in and look live at the beltway in overly at bel air road no significant delays. a 12 minute ride from 95 to 83. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. it's 6:46 and millions getting relief from the heat. more than 700,000 people across maryland in the dark but the relief has come at a high

price. >> 40 people have died nationwide because of the heat. it's been a big story for us but it'sing about big a big story -- it's been a big story around thecountry and for us. >> people are relieved by what they are finding but it's been a devastating nine days. >> reporter: finally relief from the heat but yes we have learned in maryland 13 people died because of the extreme heat. that's according to the maryland department of health and mental hygiene. most were seniors and the majority lived in baltimore city. 34 people died last year in maryland because of heat related causes. across the country, 2,000 record highs have been set since july 1st. at least 46 people have died nationwide because of the heat. and people in much of the country will get a slight break from the heat as temperatures drop a bit. now this comes after temperatures rose above 100 this weekend. recent massive storms brought down trees and power lines across the area and left

thousands of people without power. it's been a tough time for people with no power and soaring temperatures. >> i've been sweating missiles not bullets. it's been unbearable. >> when you sweat to death sometimes you get answeringry. >> reporter: -- angry. >> reporter: now health officialrecommend you drink plenty water or juice. avoid alcohol and caffeine and wear light colored clothing and check on seniors to make sure they are okay. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. today two of three fire companies that were slated to close by the mayor's budget now going through. >> linda so is standing by to tell us why one is going to stay open for now. right. >> reporter: right. the fire chief decided to keep truck 10 in west baltimore running for another 3 months. it will stay open at least until october. the president of the fire union hopes it will give city leaders more time to find a way to save truck 10 such as putting adds on fire -- ads on fire trucks

to save money. the the same can't be said for two other companies. truck 15 as of today in east baltimore and squad 11 on the city's south side will be shut down perm innocently. crews will be rea-- perm innocently. crews will be reassigned. jim clack says cutting the companies will prevent the rotating firehouse closures. all three fire companies were slated to close on july 1st but they were kept open to respond to the storms that hit the area last week. linda so, abc2 news. 6:49. and 40 people in laurel are looking for a new place this morning after fire early sunday morning in the tiger lily path air afterlaurel. part of the building collapsed -- area of laurel. part of the building collapsed. two firefighters suffered minor injuries including one overcome by heat. now to education news. public schools plan to release the school assessment results

tomorrow. it had take place at gilmore elementary at 11 and the school crest o will breast community leaders on the student progress. if you use a snap card to buy groceries in baltimore you can shop at farmers market underneath the jones fall expressway. this is thanks to a system launched on sunday. you can use the debit card snap benefits and baltimore farmers market and bizarre. when you walk up, just go to the welcome carnet swipe your card for tokens that come in one dollar inscream for snap card users and the market is opened from 7 to noon on sundays between april 1st and december 23rd. a meeting this morning in northern virginia and the topic of discussion will be the restoration of the chesapeake bay. it's part of a annual meeting. governor o'malley and epa administrator lisa jackson and dc mayor gray are expected to take part. it will produce an update on

how six states and the district are doing in an effort to bring back the bay after years ofet in neglect. it's one of the biggest water pollution projects in u.s. history. and a rare blue lobster caught off the coast of ocean city is on days play at the national aquarium. it's one in two million exception to the reddish brown shade they carry. it was caught in june by the crew of the potluck fishing boat off the coast of oc. it has been neck named toby. aing about announcement is ex-- a big announcement is expected today that is set for 8 this morning. at the ash burton water filtration plant. we don't have a lot of details about what will happen but it looks like it will deal with a result of a water main inspection. we will keep you posted on what they say. today is volunteer day at arlington national sim teary. land -- cemetery. landscape will spend the day to

mulch prune and plant trees. or renne hatch will address a group of health care -- oren hatch will address a group of health care providers. he president obama wants to extend the bush cuts for one more year for those making less than $250 a year. it will expire for anyone else at the end of the year. it's drawing opposition from within the democratic party. and attorney general erik holder travels to houston to address the naacp national convention later this afternoon. it will be expected to focus on american's rights to vote. vice president joe biden and presidential nominee mitt romney will be speaking during the week long convention. the america afavorite morning show moving to the afternoon good afternoon america debuts today on abc 2 at 2. josh elliot and lar. a spencer will host and sam champion and robin roberts and

george stephanopoulous will stop by. the one hour extension of gma splated to air over -- lated to air a little over two -- slated to air a little over two months. the o's started out on fire. jumping to the top of the al east for a time and now things have gotten ugly. for the second straight game, they were shut out by the l.a. of and mile angels and fell 7 games now behind yankees at the all star break. time to regroup as they get a few days off for the all star break. they return home to face the tigers for a 3-game set that begins on friday. one more check of the forecast with masco. >> here we go. let's look outside. a few people out there strolling along the harbor this morning. but again we are still dealing with tremendously heavy rain in parts of the area. really from baltimore city on east heading for the chesapeake good downpours of rain. we have been watching this moving along 70 heading towards 695. rainfall rates between 1 to

perhaps 1 1/2 inches of rain. that's for the radar and middle river towards dundalk seeing pretty heavy rain at this hour. so certainly heavy rain in the forecast through the morning but watch that taper off during the mid-morning. 73 in town. dc at 75. easton at 75. and everything running along the cold frontal boundary that got hung up between baltimore and dc and that's why we are seeing this wave of moisture running along. but this front drops towards the south for the afternoon hours. and that will allow for cooler drier air mass to come into play. 68 up towards central pa. beyond that upper 50s. that's the cooler air mass heading into the afternoon. the searing heat towards the south. we have a dip in the jet stream and that's going to funnel in cool are air. maybe a little unsettled with the clash of the air masses that canadian air mass and heat down to the south. 87 the two degree guarantee. mostly cloudy skies and a shower or gusty thunderstorm possible but the best chance is towards the south.

68 for the night. tomorrow 85. mostly cloudy and afternoon storm. and the temperatures on the 7- day forecast remain into the 80s and maybe a little more humidity friday going into next weekend. let's check traffic with lauren cook hey lauren. >> reporter: good morning. an accident is cleared on 95 at odome street but we are dealing with a disabled car along the southbound lanes at route 43 in white marsh and another disabled car along southbound at fort mchelpry tunnel. -- mchenry tunnel. a crash on fulton street at west pratt street and another on route 40 right at interstate 70 along the eastbound lanes. as we look at the west side of the beltway, a lot of congestion here at baltimore national pike. traffic jammed on that outer loop towards 7 the 5 -- 795. here's at har foreroad, no significant -- harford road no delays towards 83. >> before we leave you we want to show you cool video. this morning two images from mars available from view on

nasa website's. the first a combination of 817 photos taken by the mars rover opportunity. now it shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months during the most recent march shoal winter. the second -- martian winter. second shows a crater and a shadow of the rover in the foreground. >> that's cool. frightening moments an acrobat falls as he tries to cross a tightrope. don't laugh. that's double the length of m and t bank stadium. he was blindfolded and was not wearing a harness and about 130 feet from the end. he is walking backwards. and he slips and falls. amayingly, he gets up -- amazingly e. gets up and walks away. -- he gets up and walks away. probably will do it again. >> at what point not only shu yo -- should you walk up in the air but why blindfolded. >> why not?

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